I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots

I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots
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Publisher : Catapult
Total Pages : 489
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ISBN-10 : 9781640093645
ISBN-13 : 1640093648
Rating : 4/5 (648 Downloads)

Book Synopsis I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots by : Susan Straight

Download or read book I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots written by Susan Straight and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Straight’s portrayal of a black woman’s life is nearly miraculous in its astonishing richness of detail, its emotional honesty and its breadth of human thought and feeling.” —USA Today Evoking the Gullah–speaking 1950s community of Pine Gardens, South Carolina, I Been in Sorrow’s Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots follows Marietta Cook, a maid with a growing interest in the civil rights movement, as she raises talented twin boys destined for pro football glory and comes to find peace in an often unjust world. Imbued with extraordinary resilience and joy, Susan Straight’s debut is a celebration of an extraordinary soul and a novel with a beautifully vivid sense of place.


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